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Early Medieval - 1
Anglo Saxon/Celtic 5th-9th
Sutton Hoo purse cover 630
Cloisonné
Tipperary Cross 8th
Book of Durrow 7th
Book of Kells 9th
Tetramorph
Viking 800-1000
Thor, Odin, Frigg, Valhalla
Oseberg Ship Burial & post 9th
Rune stones 9th
Jelling Stone 10th
Early Medieval 2Carolingian 8th-9th
Charlemagne
Roland
Aachen, Palace Chapel 9th
Odo of Metz
monasticism
St. Gall, Monastery 9th,
Coronation Gospels 8th
Ebbo Gospels 9th
Linadau Gospels Book cover
Tetra morphs
Ottonian 10-11th
St. Michaels of Hildesheim 1015
Alternating support system
westwork
Bishop Bernward, Bronze doors
Gero Crucifix, Hitda Gospels
Gospel Book Otto III c. 1000
Early
Medieval
Europe
500ce - 1100ce
Celtic
Spain
Italy
Carolingian
Ottonian
King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable
Beowulf !
epic 9th in Old English
Celtic & Saxon
Frankish Fibula5-7th century
silver gilt
Gummersmark Brooch
Denmark 6th century
silver giltheight 5.75 “
MAP OF MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
Purse cover Sutton Hoo burial ship c.615-
30length 8”
Detail of millefiore →
cloisonné
Sutton Hoo
cloisonné
St. Patrick’s Bell Reliquary
Celtic Bookcover, bronze, 8th century, 8”
Tipperary Cross 8th century
Muiredach cross
10th century
The illuminated pagecodexfolio
parchment or vellum
Skellig Michael
Book of Durrow “carpet pages” 7th century
Mark’s Gospel, Durrow 8th
Matthew, Durrow
The Book of Kells 760-820
XPIChi Rho Iota
details
Tunc Crucifix and XPI, Kells
Both XPI
details
details
THE GERONA BEATUS
Spain, 975 ce•Illuminator : ENDE
•scribe: EMERITIUS
Scandinavia:
The Vikings
Denmark-
Sweden
c. 600 AD
Burial ship c. 815 – 20 Oseberg, Norway
wood
length : 75 ½ ‘
Animal Post c. 815 – 20 Oseberg, Norway
wood
The RÖk Stone, Sweden 9th
runes
Dynna Stone 9-10thGunnv�r, �XX?’s daughter, made a bridge in memory of her daughter xx? She was the most skilful girl in Ha�aland
a picture stone
Warrior Entering Valhalla, Gotland
Sweden
8-9th century
(repainted)
Jelling Stone 10th century
Jelling Stone, reverse
Urnes
“animal style”11th century wood carving
on Christian Church
CAROLINGIAN EMPIRE 8-9TH
B O O K SB O O K S• Charlemagne ordered simple, uniform, legible
Latin script
• Majuscules or CAPITALS were used for very formal text
• Minuscules or lower case were used for everyday writings
• Easy to read but no punctuation marks or spaces between words
Charlemagne 8-9th centuries
Charlemagne
9th century left, 14th century right
Charlemagne & the Song of Roland
Chartres Cathedral, 12th century
Aachen, Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
By Odo of Metz
805 ce
interior
Charlemagne chapel
Ravenna 6th - Aachen 9th
Charlemagne chapel
A page with Mark the Evangelist
Book of Mark
Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)
ink and colours on valium
12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “
Monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland, 9th century
A page with Mark the Evangelist
Book of Mark
Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)
ink and colours on valium
12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “
B O O K SB O O K S• Charlemagne ordered simple, uniform, legible
Latin script
• Majuscules or CAPITALS were used for very formal text
• Minuscules or lower case were used for everyday writings
• Easy to read but no punctuation marks or spaces between words
Carolingian ScriptCarolingian Script
Coronation Gospels 810, Matthew & John
Book of Mark
Godescalc Evangelistary (781 – 83)
ink and colours on valium
12 ½ “ x 8 ½ “
Book of Matthew
Ebbo Gospels c.816 – 35
I
nk, gold & colours on vellum 10 ¼ “ x 8 ¾ “
Ebbo verses Coronation 9th
a page with Matthew the Evangelist
Book of Matthew
Ebbo Gospels c.816 – 35
I
gold & on vellum 10 “ x 8 “
Outer Cover of the Lindau Gospels, c. 870-80 gold, pearls & gems
Crucifixion with Angels and Mourning Figures,
OttonianOttonian Europe Europe
OttonianOttonian Europe Europe
10-early 11th centuriesHenry IOtto IOtto IIOtto IIIHenry II
Otto I Presenting Magdeburg Cathedral to Christ c.962 - 73
1 of 19
ivory 5 x 4“
Christ, Saints, Otto I , ivory, 5x4”
Otto II 973-83 -- Otto II Marries Theophana, Byzantine princess
Otto 11 & Theophana
Otto 111 – Gospel Book of Otto 111 c. 1000
Church of St, Michael’s of Hildesheim c. 1001-1031